| Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 472 страници
...has expressed himself of the tear that flows down the cheek — " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves...a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." Mr. W. here exhibited several experiments in illustration of attraction of cohesion, and then proceeded... | |
| Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 470 страници
...has expressed himself of the tear that flows down the cheek — " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets iu their course." Mr. W. here exhibited several experiments in illustration of attraction of cohesion,... | |
| William Henry C. Grey - 1835 - 592 страници
...by man, in direct hostility with the proclaimed law of God :— The sacred law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source; That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides all nature in her course ! session of landed property; the moral and physical advantages of which,... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 страници
...gravitation, of which it has been beautifully said,— " The very law which moulds a tear, And makes it trickle from its source, That law preserves the...sphere, And guides the planets in their course."* The globular figure of the earth, which is the result of this law, and which may easily be shown to... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1838 - 160 страници
...attraction or tendency towards each other, is in proportion to the quantity of matter they contain. The tendency which bodies have to fall, is produced...any body on its surface, that it forces every body, 13. Docs this ring really surround the moon? 14. What then is the cause of such an appearance ? 15.... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 страници
...Thou charm'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very law* which moulds a tear, he thorn wi' me. SONG. TUNS—" Catharine Ogie." YE...o' bonnie Doon, How can ye blume sae fair, How ca TO A VOICE THAT HAD BEEN LOST.t Vane, quid afectas faciera mlhl poneré, pictor t A6ris et lingua gum... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 страници
...Thou charm' st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves...a sphere. And guides the planets in their course. TO AN OLD OAE. ROUND thee, alas ! no shadows move, — From thee no sacred murmurs breathe ! Yet within... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 страници
...'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very laws which moulds a tear, And hids he universe itself Is to the car TO A VOICE THAT HAD BEEN LOST.t Vane, quid affectas facieimnthi ponere, pictor I Adris et linguae sum... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 страници
...fact has been beautifully illustrated by a modern poet — " That self-same law which moulds a tear. And bids it trickle from its source ; That law preserves the earth a sphere. And guides the plauets In their course." The mutual attraction between the planets and the sun keeps them from flying... | |
| William Paley - 1838 - 976 страници
...poetically alluded to by Rogers. In some of his stanzas he says— The very law which moulds a tear, Anil bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, (*) V. What we have seen in the law of the centripetal force, viz. a choice guided by views of utility,... | |
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